The Jazz Scene

ObjectiveAt the end of the class, students can 1)get the main idea of The Jazz Scene--

the history and development of early jazz 2)know some famous jazz musician 3)remember some useful expressions 4)aquire some culture knowledge of jazz

music

The Outline 1.leading-in 2. Introduction of The Jazz Scene (Text

based) a) origin of jazz b) its development c) present scene 3. Teaching Activities

____________ for the noble man

_____________for themiddle class white

____________forthe blacks

classical music

country music

Jazz music

What is jazz? about the name jazz

For para2

1) a forgotten negro slang phrase:

to jazz something2) a famous black singer’ name

What is jazz? Origin as a music form: slaves from Africa strong sense of rhythm

work song, song and hymns of white, sad

For para3

Blues(-1860): sad ,depressed, unhappybitter-sweet, fixed musical pattern(12 bar)

W.C. Handy B.B. King

For para4

Jazz: blue, then brighten up Early jazz: Minstrel Show with cornet, drum, etc

Jazz bands: players get together for dances, marches and funeral Character: rough and uncultured, peculiar style

For para5

New Orleans Jazz French territory,

more freedom for the black; Creole

Tradition of “make merry” Prostitute is licensed

Center of wind instrument making,

Famous musician

Mecca

trumpet, trombone, clarinet, saxophonepiano, bass,drums

Uncle Satchelmo Satchel + mouth Hot Five, Hot Seven

Ragtime (1890s-1920s):

played by the white Scott Joplin( the King

of rag)--Maple leaf rag Dixieland Jazz Band (Dixie's land)

For para8

Compound Ragtime rag + time

(ragged time) uneven in

playing piano

Dixieland dixie +land Dixie: the southern

states of USA Dixie: the pot of

soldiers

Swing (1930s Big Band era-)

Benny Goodman Sextet for dance unprepared character

with big bands

For para8

Early jazz

Primitive work song

Blues Ragtime New Orleans

Jazz swing

Present scene (19)

Ragtime 　　 New Orleans　　 Standards 　　 Classic　　 Dixieland 　　 Cool Jazz BigBand 　　 Swing 　　

Bop 　　 Latin 　　 Brazilian Jazz 　　 Avant-Garde 　　 Post-Bop(Mainstream) Jazz

　　 Third Stream Hard Bop

Free Jazz 　　 Fusion 　　Crossover Jazz 　　

Vocal Jazz

blues

jazz

ragtime

swing (jazz)

primitive work song

To sum up

Present scene

Check up: scan the text and fill in the blanks.

1).The primitive people have a very strong sense of___.

2).Blue means ___,___,and ___when describing one’s emotion.

3).The blues inspired early jazz musicians like Louis Armstrong. But unlike the blues, jazz music has more forms and is played on a greater variety of _______.

4).The music __ ___for there must also have been happy occasions.

5).The colored people began to learn how to play ____ and players began to get together and jazz bands formed

6).Similar to jazz in many ways, the biggest difference of _____lies in the fact that most player were white.

7).Ragtime died and jazz reigned in its place, then came the _____-which attempted to take the ____character of jazz and to attach it to big bands and orchestrations.

8).Jazz now has arrived at 2 separate styles—the “____”advanced kind and the pop sort.

Check up: scan the text and fill in the blanks.

Enriching Your Word Power (derivation)

interesting convincing unbroken forgotten fixed steady traditional southern unprepared uncultured colored advanced

existence variation addition plantation follower development

Study the following words. then find out the prefixes and suffixes the words contain.

blues

jazz

ragtime

swing (jazz)

primitive work song

Improve your spoken skill: talk with your deskmate about your favorite genre of the early jazz. Your dialogue should be based on

the text.

Jazz in Asia

Taibei, Wang Ruolin

( 迷宫 maze ）

Shanghai, Dongqin

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Japan, Lisa Ono

Pop jazz Ragtime New Orleans 　　 Standards 　　

Classic 　　 Dixieland 　　 Cool Jazz 　　BigBand 　　 Swing 　 Bop 　 Latin 　 Brazilian Jazz Avant-Garde 　　 Post-Bop or Mainstream Jazz 　　

Third Stream 　　 Hard Bop 　　 Free Jazz 　 Fusion 　　 Crossover Jazz 　　 Vocal Jazz

Thank you